<p>Five new chainsaws and six makeshift tractors were impounded by the prey preah Roka Forest Community Network (ppRFCN) and rangers during a three-day forest patrol from June 7-9 in preah Vihear province. Sun pov, a ppRFCN representative who also participated in the forest protection campaign, ...p>

<p>The Japanese government is set to grant about $4.6 million in aid to Cambodia to support economic and social development in the Kingdom.&nbsp;According to a Foreign Affairs Ministry statement, Minister prak Sokhonn and Japanese Ambassador Horinouchi Hidehisa will sign the Exchange of Notes and related ...p>

<p>The Koh Kong provincial court on Tuesday heard the case of Spanish environmental activist Alejandro “Alex” Gonzalez-Davidson, who is accused of being an accomplice in “threatening to cause destruction, defacement or damage” and inciting others to do the same. Gonzalez-Davidson’s defence lawyer, Sam Chamroeun, said ...p>

<p>Battambang provincial governor Nguon Ratanak oversaw the distribution of land titles on Tuesday following a 20-year-long land dispute between villagers and soldiers. Speaking during the distribution in Bavel district’s prey preal village on Tuesday, the governor said the disputed land was divided into 51 plots ...p>

<p>The Ministry of Social Affairs, Veterans and Youth Rehabilitation has told The Rabbit School, a local NGO that educates autistic students, to move its operations from government-run National Borei for Infants and Children (NBIC) to a new premise, school director Hun Touch said. The ministry’s ...p>

<p>Minister of Commerce pan Sorasak on Wednesday said the Cambodian government has focused on its competitiveness strategies and the growth of Industry 4.0 in the Kingdom to withstand the trends of global protectionism and geopolitical polarisation. Speaking at a workshop on “Cambodian Trade Integration Strategy ...p>

<p>The director of the Natural Resource and Wildlife preservation Organisation (NRWpO) requested the Ministry of Environment on Tuesday order an investigation into an alleged land grab in phnom Oral Wildlife Sanctuary in Oral district’s Trapaing Chor commune in Kampong Speu province. NRWpO director Chea Hean ...p>

<p>The Interior Ministry is set to fine six political parties for not submitting their annual reports and financial statements for two consecutive years. Bun Honn, a ministry secretary of state, yesterday said the six parties are among 44 which are registered in the Kingdom. Speaking ...p>

<p>The government will spend some $4 million on the Land Allocation for Social and Economic Development project phase II (Lased II) to benefit almost 600 families in prasat Balang district’s Doung commune in Kampong Thom province. The land allocation is aimed at alleviating poverty in ...p>

<p>Twenty-three residents of preah Sihanouk province’s Bit Traing commune in prey Nop district, who are entrenched in an eight-year land dispute, were urged on Wednesday by the Ministry of Justice to submit legal documents as proof of ownership to preah Sihanouk provincial Court. “We do ...p>

<p>The Apsara Authority has announced that it will begin construction of canals surrounding forest areas in Angkor Archeological park in Siem Reap province this week in a bid to preserve the historical site.&nbsp;Chum Sopheakmakara, acting director-general of the Apsara Authority, in a statement issued on ...p>

<p>Cambodia’s first mental rehabilitation centre was formally opened in Kandal province’s Kandal Stung district on Wednesday, with the government planning to build a specialist facility to house jailed minors. Speaking during the opening ceremony, Minister of Interior Sar Kheng said the Kingdom’s socio-economic progress meant ...p>

<p>The government has tasked the Cambodia Human Rights Committee with preparing a draft law on establishing the National Human Rights Unit in the Kingdom, a move in line with the paris principles adopted by the United Nations in 1993.&nbsp;A CHRC statement yesterday said that on ...p>

<p>The National Committee for Minimum Wage has noted three different wage figures proposed by unions, employers and the government, according to a unionist.&nbsp;The three sides have been meeting to discuss how much money garment factory workers will receive each month next year. The current minimum ...p>

<p>The government has spent more than $5 million to support female garment workers who delivered babies during the first nine months of the year.&nbsp;The National Social Security Fund yesterday said that from January to September, 55,180 workers who delivered 55,543 babies received money through the ...p>

<p>A commune chief in Kandal province has denied local media reports that he and some 50 families colluded to secretly sell nearly 250ha of state-owned lake land in prekbak and Speandek villages, in Loeuk Dek district’s prek Tonloap commune. The provincial Department of Land Management, ...p>

<p>The Council for the Development of Cambodia, a government agency that oversees investment, last week approved a large-scale tourism project in Siem Reap. ‘Cambodia-China Cultural park,’ the project will be developed by Angkor International Culture Investment &amp; Development (Cambodia) Co., Ltd with a capital of ...p>

<p>A series of quarterly reports from the National Bank of Cambodia raises questions about the government’s ban on timber exports, as they show that last year, more than $5 million in sawn timber was exported from the Kingdom. The latest report, released earlier this month ...p>

<p>More than 100 tonnes of fake, expired and illegal products with banned chemical substances were destroyed on Thursday in Kampong Speu province on the orders of Interior Minister Sar Kheng. Kheng said the counterfeit products, which included food and beverages, were imported, mostly from the ...p>

<p>National Election Committee (NEC) spokesperson Hang puthea said on Wednesday that it should not come as a surprise that the committee has rented two helicopters for three days during the election period. This, he said, was because the NEC had done so consistently for every ...p>